Access the hosting platform not by clicks but programmatically: creating an environment, reading a log, triggering a deploy or tearing it all down from a script. Whether it is public or restricted to partners is recorded on each provider’s page. Providers without one can only be operated by a person clicking.
107 providers publish an API, listed alphabetically. Mostly GPU cloud, Platform as a Service and Virtual Private Servers, of 15 categories in all. 107 records do not record this field, and cannot appear here either way.
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Alibaba CloudAlibaba Group's cloud platform, selling virtual machines, containers, serverless functions and managed services.
alwaysdataFrench managed hosting running a wide set of language runtimes on isolated Debian accounts, with a permanently free tier below the paid plans.
Amazon Web ServicesAmazon Web Services is the largest cloud infrastructure provider, spanning 123 Availability Zones in 39 geographic Regions.
AppwriteOpen-source backend platform sold as a hosted service, running user functions alongside managed databases, authentication, storage and messaging.
AWS LambdaAmazon's function-as-a-service primitive, running a handler on demand in a short-lived isolated environment and billing per invocation.
AzureMicrosoft's hyperscale cloud — hundreds of separately metered infrastructure services, with App Service as the managed application layer above them.
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Back4AppManaged Parse Server backend with an auto-generated REST and GraphQL API, plus a container platform that builds and runs Docker images from GitHub.
BasetenAI inference platform offering token-priced model APIs and dedicated GPU deployments of customers' own models, billed per minute and able to scale to zero.
BeamServerless GPU platform where Python functions and container images run as autoscaling endpoints, task queues and sandboxes, with on-demand GPU machines beside them.
BegetBeget is a Russian hosting company selling shared hosting, VPS, dedicated servers and managed databases, priced in euros on its international storefront.
Binary LaneAustralian VPS provider selling hourly-billed NVMe cloud servers with independently adjustable memory, storage and transfer, and a public API.
Bunny.netSlovenian edge platform selling CDN, storage, video and DNS, with Edge Scripting and Magic Containers running the customer's own code across its network.
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CerebriumServerless GPU platform for real-time AI workloads, running Python apps and custom Docker containers that scale to zero and bill per second.
Cherry ServersLithuanian provider selling dedicated machines and virtual servers on its own hardware, billed by the hour, by fixed term or as spot capacity.
CivoBritish Kubernetes-first cloud that charges for worker nodes only, with control planes included and data transfer unmetered.
Clever CloudFrench platform-as-a-service that detects, builds and runs an application from a git push, with managed databases and storage sold as add-ons.
cloudscale.chSwiss infrastructure-as-a-service provider selling virtual servers, object storage and load balancers on server hardware it owns in Swiss data centers.
CombellBelgian hosting provider offering shared PHP and Node.js hosting, VPS and OpenStack from data centers in Belgium and the Netherlands.
ContaboGerman provider selling virtual and dedicated servers from Munich, with large resource allocations at low fixed monthly rates.
CrusoeUS AI infrastructure company renting GPU and CPU virtual machines, managed Kubernetes and model inference from its own data centers.
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Deno DeployOne we likeServerless hosting for JavaScript and TypeScript built by the Deno team, running the Deno runtime with Node and npm compatibility.
DigitalOceanOne we likeDigitalOcean is a publicly listed cloud provider best known for Droplets, its VPS product, alongside managed databases, Kubernetes and an app platform.
DigitalOcean FunctionsDigitalOcean Functions is a function-as-a-service platform built on Apache OpenWhisk, running short-lived handlers in several native language runtimes.
DinahostingDinahosting is an independent Galician host selling shared hosting, domains and email from its own servers in Spain.
DivioDivio is a Swiss platform-as-a-service that runs Dockerised applications of any stack, deployed from git.
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E2BA cloud API that starts isolated Linux microVMs on demand, for an AI agent to run code in.
ElestioElestio is managed hosting for open-source software on dedicated virtual machines, provisioned into a third-party cloud or into the customer's own account.
EmergentAn AI builder that generates a full-stack application from a natural-language prompt and deploys it to its own infrastructure.
exe.devOne we likeUbuntu VMs in seconds over SSH, sold as a pool of capacity rather than as machines, and aimed as much at agents as at people.
ExoscaleExoscale is a Swiss infrastructure provider selling KVM instances, managed Kubernetes, object and block storage and managed databases from European zones.
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FirebaseFirebase is Google's application platform, bundling a document database, authentication and storage with hosting that builds framework applications onto Cloud Run.
fortrabbitOne we likeManaged hosting platform for developers since 2012, runs on AWS capacity in Ireland and the US.
FramerA visual website builder that hosts and publishes what it designs, with a built-in content model.
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GalaxyContainer hosting for Meteor.js, Node.js, Python and AdonisJS apps, billed by the container-hour, from Meteor Software.
GandiGandi is a French registrar whose Simple Hosting product runs application code in per-customer Linux containers, deployed by git or SFTP.
GcoreGcore is an edge and cloud provider selling CDN, streaming, DDoS protection, virtual machines, bare metal, Kubernetes and serverless functions.
GitHub PagesOne we likeStatic sites served from a GitHub repository, built by Actions or from a branch, free on public repositories.
GleSYSGleSYS is a Swedish infrastructure provider selling KVM and VMware servers, bare metal, managed databases, object storage and colocation from Nordic data centers.
Google Cloud PlatformGoogle Cloud Platform is one of the three hyperscalers, selling compute, storage, data and machine-learning services on the infrastructure behind Google's own products.
Google Cloud RunGoogle Cloud Run runs any container image, scales it to zero when idle and bills per request and per resource-second.
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here.nowStatic hosting that turns an agent's files into a live URL, with no account needed for a temporary one.
HetznerOne we likeHetzner is an independent German hosting company offering VPS, dedicated servers, cloud and storage infrastructure from its own data centers.
HOSTAFRICAPan-African host with storefronts in five countries, running cPanel and DirectAdmin hosting out of South African facilities.
HostimOne we likeHostim is a Docker-first platform-as-a-service from Germany, deploying container images, Git repositories and Compose files onto bare metal in the EU.
HostingerHostinger is a Lithuanian budget host selling shared, cloud, and VPS hosting plus a website builder, all administered through its own hPanel control panel.
Huawei CloudHuawei's public cloud, selling virtual servers, managed Kubernetes, serverless functions and GPU instances.
Hugging FaceMachine-learning hub whose Spaces product hosts running applications — Gradio, Streamlit or an arbitrary Dockerfile — on CPU or rented GPU hardware.
HypernodeDutch platform built for Magento and Shopware, descended from Byte's engineering and now part of team.blue.
HyperstackGPU cloud from London's NexGen Cloud, selling GPU virtual machines, Kubernetes clusters and a token-priced model API.
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IONOSLarge European hosting group selling shared webhosting, VPS, dedicated and bare-metal servers and an IaaS cloud, listed on the Frankfurt exchange.
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KamateraKamatera is a cloud infrastructure company selling hourly-billed cloud servers, block storage, load balancers and firewalls from data centers worldwide.
KoyebFrench platform that deploys containers and repositories across global regions with scale-to-zero, per-second billing, GPUs and serverless Postgres.
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LambdaUS GPU cloud selling on-demand NVIDIA GPU instances, reserved multi-node clusters and private cloud capacity.
Laravel CloudLaravel Cloud is the official platform by Laravel Holdings — managed, scale-to-zero hosting for Laravel and Symfony applications, billed by subscription plus usage.
Latitude.shBare-metal and GPU infrastructure billed hourly with automated provisioning, an API, SDKs, a CLI and Terraform support.
LiaraAn Iranian cloud platform selling platform-as-a-service, virtual servers and managed databases, priced and billed in Iranian rial.
LinodeLinode is a US VPS provider founded in 2003, acquired by Akamai in 2022 and now sold as Akamai Cloud.
Lolipop!Japanese rental server from GMO Pepabo, selling shared hosting for personal and small-business sites through its own control panel.
LoopiaSwedish hosting provider and registrar in Västerås offering Linux and Windows shared hosting with SSH, PHP, Python, Perl and ASP.NET.
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mittwaldGerman managed hosting platform with per-project containers, a control plane called mStudio, an official CLI and a public REST API.
ModalServerless compute platform for Python, where functions are decorated in code and run in containers on CPU or GPU with per-second billing.
Mythic BeastsBritish host selling web and email hosting in a long ladder of graded sizes, with a choice of PHP release per site and MySQL as standard.
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NebiusAmsterdam-based AI cloud selling GPU and CPU virtual machines, managed Kubernetes and Slurm, serverless GPU containers and a model API.
NetlifyOne we likePlatform that builds sites from a git repository and serves them from a global CDN, with serverless functions, edge functions, blob storage and a database.
NhostOpen-source backend platform built on PostgreSQL, Hasura GraphQL and serverless functions, with a managed container runtime for the customer's own services.
NorthflankBritish platform running containers, jobs and managed databases on its own cloud, in the customer's cloud account, or on a self-hosted Kubernetes cluster.
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omg.lolA personal internet address bundling a profile page, email forwarding and a handful of small web tools for one flat yearly price.
OpalstackDeveloper-owned US host running PHP-FPM, Node, Python and Ruby stacks with full SSH on every plan, plus VPS and bare-metal tiers.
OVHcloudFrench hosting company selling dedicated servers, VPS, an OpenStack-based public cloud and web hosting from data centers it builds and operates itself.
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PlanetHosterFranco-Canadian host with data centers in Paris, Lausanne and Montreal, letting a customer pick the location per project.
Ploi CloudOne we likeManaged application platform from the team behind the Ploi server-management panel, running customer apps on rented UpCloud infrastructure.
PressableManaged WordPress hosting owned by Automattic, sold in fixed tiers metered by number of installs, monthly visits and storage.
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RailwayOne we likeRailway is a polyglot deployment platform with subscription plus usage billing, four regions and a build system that detects most common languages.
RenderPlatform-as-a-service that builds services from a git repository, with native runtimes for several languages, a Docker runtime for the rest, and managed Postgres.
RunpodUS GPU cloud renting containerized GPU Pods, serverless GPU endpoints and hosted model APIs.
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SaladCloudContainer platform that runs customer images on idle consumer GPUs contributed by a distributed network of home and small-business machines.
ScalewayFrench cloud provider selling instances, bare metal, managed Kubernetes, serverless containers and managed databases, with European data residency as the pitch.
Scaleway FunctionsEuropean function-as-a-service from Scaleway, running Node, Python, Go, Rust and PHP handlers billed by request and by memory consumed.
ScalingoFrench platform-as-a-service with git-push deploys, buildpacks, managed databases and review apps, running only in French regions.
SelectelSelectel is a Russian infrastructure company running its own data centers in Saint Petersburg and Moscow, selling dedicated servers, cloud servers and object storage.
SesterceFrench GPU cloud renting GPU virtual machines, bare-metal servers and inference endpoints by the hour from a prepaid balance.
SevallaSevalla is a polyglot cloud hosting platform covering application hosting, database hosting, static sites, and object storage.
Simply.comDanish shared hosting provider selling bundles of web space, mail and a website builder, with a documented public API alongside.
SiteHostNew Zealand host that owns its Auckland data center and sells Cloud Containers, a product that runs prebuilt or custom Docker images.
SliplaneGerman Docker hosting that bills for the server rather than the container, so unlimited services can share one machine, with managed Postgres and S3 storage.
statichost.euSwedish static site host that clones any git repository, builds it in a Docker image of your choosing and serves the output from European infrastructure without logging visitors.
SupabaseOpen-source backend built on PostgreSQL, with authentication, storage, realtime and Edge Functions that run the customer's own TypeScript on Deno.
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Tencent CloudTencent's cloud platform, selling virtual machines, VPS bundles, GPU instances and serverless functions.
TensorDockUS marketplace selling GPU virtual machines on servers supplied by independent hosts, now owned by Voltage Park.
Thunder ComputeGPU cloud renting NVIDIA GPU instances by the minute, managed from a CLI, an editor extension or an MCP server.
TigrisGlobally distributed, S3-compatible object storage reached through a single endpoint, with no egress fees.
TransIPDutch registrar and hosting provider selling shared webhosting, VPS, OpenStack cloud and managed Kubernetes from its own Netherlands data centers.
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Vast.aiUS marketplace where independent hosts rent out GPU machines as containers or virtual machines at prices they set.
VercelOne we likeVercel is a frontend platform for Javascript people. It's formerly known as Zeit and venture backed and high on the AI wave.
VerdaFinnish GPU cloud selling GPU virtual machines, multi-node clusters and serverless containers from data centers in Helsinki.
VultrCloud infrastructure provider selling virtual private servers, bare metal, GPU instances, object storage and managed Kubernetes, billed by the hour.
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WalrusDecentralized storage protocol from Mysten Labs and part of the Sui stack, with a site-hosting layer served through public portals such as wal.app.
WebdockDanish VPS provider selling virtual servers with a web control panel, prepared stacks and WordPress plans, from a single facility in Denmark.
WebflowWebflow is a visual design platform that hosts sites and provides a built-in CMS.
WebSupportSlovakia's largest domain registrar, selling shared hosting and a website builder across Slovakia, Czechia and Hungary from its own data center.
WP EngineManaged WordPress host founded in 2010 in Austin, Texas, running customer sites on public cloud infrastructure behind a CDN.
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XserverJapanese rental server company selling managed shared hosting, with WordPress tooling, automatic backups and free SSL included across the range.
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ZeaburContainer platform that reads a git repository, works out what kind of project it is and deploys it without a configuration file.
ZeropsOne we likeCzech container platform running applications and managed services on rented infrastructure in Prague, billed by resources consumed rather than by plan tier.
Zone MediaEstonian hosting provider and domain registrar, selling shared hosting and cloud servers from northern European locations.
Which of these providers is best?
We don't know. A static portfolio and a busy shop need different things from a host, and so do a freelancer and an agency with forty client sites. Nobody pays to be listed here and the order is alphabetical. The guide covers what to compare.

